RedTail Cross Country Competes in Region XI Championships

The RedTails traveled to Creston on Saturday, October 27, for the Region 11 Championships, placing low and running great times. 

The RedTails took fourth place as a team in the men's 8000 meter division. Jess Cornick finished in ninth place, with a time of 28:13. Brennan Sager finished individually in 24th place with 30:09 as his time. Kory Sweeney followed him, placing 29th, with a time of 31:42. Braden Nystrom took 35th and Austin Langreck was right after him in 36th. 

The RedTails took fifth place as a team in the women's 5000 meter division. Amber Homan placed sixth individually with 20:57 as her time. Maddie Tieskotter followed her, placing 17th with a time of 23:29. Anna Dieztenbach was just a couple seconds behind Tieskotter, with a time of 23:48 and taking 19th place. Kallie Mincks placed 27th, finishing in 35:45 and Gracie Rath finished in 28th place with 35:52 as her time. 

Head coach Scott Roberts had some positive words after the competition.

"We ran a full team for the first time, borrowing two women sprinters, one middle distance woman, and three middle distance men," he said. "Amber Homan, a middle distance runner, made all conference and was our number two finisher. She has a lot of high school cross country experience and it showed as she finished sixth in the division two race." He continued "on the men's side, Jess Cornick was a top 20 finisher and middle distance runner and Brennan Sager was our number two runner, who had an outstanding race. We feel we have a great future ahead of us and are looking forward to the national meet in Alabama in two weeks!" 

The RedTails will travel to Huntsville, Alabama, on November 10-14, to compete in the NJCAA National Championship.